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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01
PAINTING A PAIN,
A Now Partisan Artists Canvas Story OF Q
ssRheumatic."

~
ssRheumatic."
ssTeu mo. Mr.. Wight" asked our re-
porter Of the well-hnown art connoi5seur Of
the Everett New York. us Amer lean art
improving in character and exeellenceip
Very much so.h
aDo Americans much patronize foreign
artin
"Yes, and as they pay the beat prices,
their private galleries contain gems of all
the modern masters"
(Which are preferred, works Of the mod
ern or ancient rlasiersp
The modern. Historical scenes, real
and ideal landscapes, and decided charac-
tiers in figure are the most popular.
1.-THE last time was in Paris picked up
a very strong bit of drawing, which depicted
a middle aged man bolstered up in much
be-cushioned chair, his face and surround
ings indicating intense agony.
"His table Is crowded with many physi-
clans phials, abandoned bandages, and
used-up blisters. Before him a tub of
steamIng water derislvely sends its incense
into his face, and the CRATE fire cheerily
blazes in nockery of his unhappiness. His
nurse is q type of dismay.
Il really enjoy looking at this picture
II know how the old fellow feels my
self was for twelve years victim of iniiam-
matory rheumatism. Every spring and
winter perfect torture twisted me for two
or three months, during which was often
unable TO sleep for week at time; was
tormented by continuous agony, and at enc
time was totally blind for q fortnight, the
disease having settled in my eyes. l had
the best medical skill, used all the most ap-
proved scientific specifics, visited the famed
mineral springs OF America, of Carlsbad
and Paris but every year the same mad fire
literally burned me aliye
II often laugh TO myself 6s l think what
an old bear too must have been, when
suffering as that old fellow seems TO be-
aren't you tempting fate by making
sport Of your old enemy!n
''Oh, no, fear him no longerl My last
tussle with him was over two years ago.
and all the agony of the years of remis-
sion settled on me then. My physicians
gave me no hope of recovery. i had faith
IN myself, however"
We'll, how did 1t work!''
1.-THE rheumatism was in my case, as In
nearly all others, caused by a disease of the
blood, probably produced by unsuspected
inactivity Of the kidneys, for have never
had any pam in them. Twenty bottles of
Warmers safe cure, however, completely
purified my blood, and never have enjoyed
such robust health as now. Hundreds of
friends in Europe and America have, on my
recommendation, used 1t for general debil-
ity, malaria, rheumatism, etc, and have
never heard an unsatisfactory report from
them
Mr.. Wight has q personal acquaintance
with the best art lovers of Europe and Amer
lea, and his experience gives weighty testE
mony TO the remarkable power Of the cele-
br- ted preparation named.
''You think, then, Mr.. Wight, that there
is substantial art development in Amer
icasn
II certainly do, and have confidence that
when the true American idea IL settled
upon, our development will be both rapid
and excellent"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01
MISTRESS AND MAID.
A Few Pertinent Suggestions Conoerntag
Practical Misunderstanding.

Few Ecrtfnent SugSestiouh CohceAutuS
Practical Housekeeping
As there are two sides TO most ques.
tons, so there are two TO the vexed
one Of mistresses and servants. A
capable mistress usually keeps COM
petent help; first. because at once she
knows whether the servant is already
what she desires. or If not, whether
she is amenable to such teaching as
shall soon make her satisfactory.
But il the mistress herself would
make a poor servant if their positions
were reversed. then bad servant Will
not become good one in her seryicei
A woman who knows nothing OF
cooking can not give orders SO as &c
deceive her cook into believing that
she knows what she is talking about.
though a well-trained servant will
listen respectfully and wait a fitting
time 10 smile at or to take advantage
of her mistress ignorance.
Unless the woman knows how, when
and what to cook. her orders are un-
timely and unreasonable. She will
order cook to boil ham and have it
cold for lunch at l p. m, and will
give her order at IL n. m.i The cook
measures her mistress at once
A housekeeper trying to conceal her
ignorance from her servants by as
Stunning tone of confidence in giving
her orders is n pitiable spectacle, for
at heart they do not respect her easily
seen-through pretense as much as they
would her lack of knowledge, il she
openly trusted them.
The woman who can not build a
working fire" in her range. a fire
adapted to the cooking specially on
hand. is not cook, even if she has
committed TO memory the formula for
''pu ting together" certain kinds OF
food! For there is more in baking
than making" The best cake or
bread may be ruined by an oven too
hot or too cool; and the oven heated
TO the right degree for cake is not
ready for bread, and so on TO the end
of the chapter. Half the fire that is
needed for baking will boil and broil
and toast to perfection. and all these
points must be understood before one
can so manage a fire as to have it
ready for each and all these divisions
of cooking. as the proper moment for
the separate uses comes.
Thus we see inexperience ANNOUNCE
ing itself in late meals. from too little
fire at the right moment. burned toast
and steak from too much; cake crusted
top and bottom. and lead-like in tho
center; good. sweet loaves of bread
in an oven too cool. or with upper
crusts like charcoal. and soggy bases
from an over-heated oven!
II we were TO open cooking-school
the first lesson would be how 20 build
five in an empty stove; the second
would be how to rebuild a fire if by
accident (?) this should ''go out y"
The third should be how to keep a
steady heat; the fourth how TO con.
troll or temper the heat so rs to have
1t quick for one hour if needed, and
slow and steady for the next. if one
desired. After this is well learned L
is soon. enough to allow pupil Il
handle eggs and flour. d. so sooner.
and much is sadly wasted ChrtStisn
| at Work.
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Ohio Men at Washington.

The finest houses in Wa hing,on are
owned by OHIO men. Colonel Ander-
sons, at the corner of K and Sixteenth
streets. has for years been one of The
show places" Of the city. Another.
ut the corner Of Sixteenth and II streets.
is owned by Colonel john Hay, who
moved TO Washington from Cleveland
about two years ago. The third. and
perhaps the finest will be ready for
occupancy this winter. II is situated
on X street. next door to the house
where w. NJ Evarts lived when Sec
rotary of State under Hayes, and where
his daughter dispensed 60 thousands
the celebrated 'Evarts chocolate. =
This new place is tho property of B
IL warder. formerly of Spring field, o.,
where he amassed fortune rs man.
ufacturer-a fortune TO which nc has
since added 10y prudent rcal-ostate
ventures in Washington. - Chicago
AelcS.
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MARCHING OF ARMIES.
The Importance of Rapldity OF Movomen
i'm Modern Warfare.


in Modern Warfare.
The grand operations of war will de
pend. as they ever have done. on tn.
marching power of armies. Take, 10
example, the latest wars whereil
troops of civilized nations have beer
engaged. In 1880 General Roberts
marched 10 900 men and Is guns from
Kabul to Kandahar. distance of S2J
miles. The march was made in %
days over the rough roads and mounts
ain passes of Afghanistan. be ar
rived in time to relieve Klndahar and
defeat Ayoub Khan. and thus preserve
to England strong natural guard
against Russian intrigue and force Of
arms. Had he been Il day or two
later Kandahar would have fallen.
General Roberts would have
been defeated and the first phase OF
the coming struggle between the En-
glish bull aud Russian bear would have
been precipitated. II the Franco.
Prussian war if McMahon had marched
as rapidly rs did the Crown Prince Of
Prussia he would have reached Metz
in time to relieve it, and the disaster
of Sedan would have been avoided.
We all know how Grouchy lost Water
LOBBY not appearing at the time
Napoleon had calculated; and how
Wellington won it-by the timely ar
rival of Butcher. who had marched in
haste at the sound OF battle. And ex-
ample after example Nigh be cited to
prove that upon the marching power
alone of armies has depended the fate
of battles and nations. Ii Is actnal-
ly fact that tactics alone,
independent of questions Of
superior armament, quality OF
troops, etc. has very seldom decided
the success Of battle. On the other
hand. many campaigns have been won
with scarcely gun being fred by the
strategic marching of armies under 3
skillful general. Often also has the
loss of life on a march been fully a
great as that caused by battle. Thus
III the winter campaign If lS77-T8 the
Russians under GurkO los, 2. 900 men
from freezing in one storm, lasting
four days. through wlhch they marched.
During the same storm the
Twentv-fourlh Russian division
at Shipka pass lost 00C
men, so per cent. of its strength. from
the same cause. The terrible losses
Napolcon's army experienced in is
retreat from Moscow are familiar his
tory. N T. Posi-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01


The Northern Pacific Railroad, the only
one OF the transcontinental lines running
dining cars through TO the Pacific coast, an
nounced a new me schedule taking effect
Nov. 20, 1857. The principle features OF this
new schedule are:
First. Twelve hours quicker time from St.
Paul TO Helena and Butte, Montana, and
twenty four hours shorter time to Portland,
Ore, Tacoma. w. T., and all North Pac fic
coast points, by the limited express leaving
st. Paul at p NJ. daily. The time of No. 9,
the corresponding train east bound, will be
shortened seventeen hours.
Second. An additional through express
train, to which will be attached Pullman
sleepers, dining cars and emigrant sleepers,
leaving St Paul at s A. NJ. daily, for Helena,
Butte, Missouia, Spokane Falls and Eastern
Washington points; this train making the
through time five hours quicker than the
former Pacific coast express, giving the in
tended Pacific coast settler fourteen hours
quicker time than heretofore.
Third. Three express trains daily from st.
Paul and Minneapolis to hoorhead, Mimi,
Fargo and jamestown, ID. t., with through
Pullman sleepers to Grand Forks, Fergus
Falls, Wahpeton and principal points in
North Dakota.
The Northern Pacific not only offers to
the travelling public the best train service,
including its famous dining cars, Pullman
palace drawing room and sleeping cars,
emigrant sieepers and splendid day coaches,
but from Chicago and all Eastern cities TO
Portland, Ore, as quick time as by any
other route. while to Butte and Helena,
Mont, it is the shortest line by one hundred
and seventy-six and three hundred and
sixtysix miles respectively, actually saving
the traveller to Butte six hours, and to
Helena, eighteen hours, as against any
other line.
The great reduction in time viii be OF
particular interest to ell classes of travel,
especially Yellowstone Park and Pacific
coast excursionists contemplating return
trip by the all rail line-the MT. Shasta
route-between San Franc SEQ and Port
land, and trip along the Columbia river OF
over the famous Cascade mountains via the
Northern Pacific.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary says
that an almanac is "a book or table con-
tanning a calendar of days, weeks
ana months, to which astronomical data
and various statistics are often added, such
as the times of the rising and setting of the
sun and moor. changes OF the moon, clpses,
hours OF full tide, stated festivals of
churches, weather probabilities, etc" Ali
this and more too will be found in the Ben
Franklin Almanac issued by the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul halfway. Send six
cents in postage to A. Y. II. Carpenter,
General Passenger Agent, Milwaukee, Wis
and an almanac for 1855 will be forwarded
to your address.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01
ABOUT TOOTHPICKS.
The Use ana Abuse of These Indispensable
Little Articles.

Little Articles.
The toothpick. when used with dis
erection and at proper times and in
proper places. is an unobjectiOnable
Ii tile instrument Its occasional en-
plOyment is. as n rule, necessary to
cleanliness and the preservation of the
teeth. So also is the use of the tooth
brush This adjunct of the toilet is.
however. never used in public. The
person who. after pariaking of meal.
should proceed TO publicly use his
toothbrush. would speedily find HIM
self banished from decent society. Yet
such action would be less Objectionable
to witness than the service to which
some people. who pretend to refine
ment and culture. put the tooih-pick
There is but one place in which it may
be rightly used-the dressing room.
and 10 person who has the slightest
consideration for the feelings of others
will handle it anywhere else.
1t would seem to be almost unnee-
essarv TO make such statements as
those in the foregoing paragraph n o
one possessing any delicacy of feeling
or squeamishness of digestion will
dream of cOntroverting them. And yet
the tooth-pick is daily Increasing. and
has already reached proportions that
strike the foreign visitor with astonish-
mcnt and disgust. and make the lives
Of many Of our citizens any thing but
agreeable.
J The practice has doubtless grown
owing TO the large number Of people
who live or have lived in hotels and
boarding-houses. where tooth-picks
were furnished with the idea that
guests would take them to their rooms;
and in some Of the hotels guests can
even now only procure toOth-picks at
the doors by which they leave the dim
| ing-rOoms. In other hotels and in
many bOarding-houses. and also. il u
sad To have to write. in some private
houses. the tooth-pick holder Is reg
ular ornament (O OF the meal table,
and iis contents are assiduOusly
worked.
In no other country that the writer
has ever visited have tOoth-picks been
| publicly used in private houses or in
the presence of women An English
| woman or French woman Of the bet
ter class not only never dreams of
using n tootb-pick before people. but
she considers it something that it is
more pleasant not even to mention,
Here, however. it is no uncommon oe-
currence TO hear lady ask for the
tOothpicks. and select one that she
thinks Will fit her needs.
The subject is no. an agreeable one
J TO write about Il could have been
| treated in far more realistic manner.
| but this Is one of the instances in
which much may be profitably left for
the intelligence If the reader to sup
ply. There are. Of course, hundreds
! Of thousands of Americans who are
guiitlesS in this matter; there i. per-
haps. an equal number who. through
thOughtlessness or carelessness are
not outlines. It probably needs. how
ever. only 3 hint 10 reclaim them
Should these lines have only a very
limited effect. they will not have been
written in vain. Epoch
4
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01
Not at all Jealous.

Have you heard the news?" she
queried, as they stood waiting for the
car.
Something special?"
II should say so! Mrs. =, of our
street, is to have a new sealskin this
winter
"N--o!''
True as you live! Isn't that awfulP'
"Well, | should say it was, and !
won't rest until have my husband ex-
anime the county records and see il
they have mortgaged their place.
must have something to take her down
with the first day she wears itr'
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

First club man-Old McGuzzle is
married.
Second club man-You don't say so!
Yes. he married a beautiful lady
who is remarkable for her complexion.
"Has she got creamy complexion
"She has"
They ought to have waited until
next spring"
"Why?"
because her creamy complexion
matches his red nose, and Strawberries
and cream are not in season Just now. y
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

The exports of leaf-tobacco from
the United States in the first eight
months of the current calendar year
amount to 152 Ash $40 pounds. valued
at $12. 1s6. SEQ against 194. 06O. 49s
pounds in the corresponding period Of
1856. valued at SIS. 224 47e. The aver
age export price of 1857 was 7.8 cents
pound. and that of the same eight
months of 1886 was 80 cents pound
In the last series of ten fiscal years the
export prices were none as low rs in
the calendar year 1897 so tar as it has
gone. except 1879 and 1886. decline
of Is cents being shown rs compared
with that period Of 1886. --LOK,srtils
CoUrier-yoHrnL
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

Ayoung man applied to house dec
orator for job.
Can you do whitewashing?n
II think certainly"
Ever had any experience"
"Well. not exactly, but
s'But what?n
II was editor of weekly society
paper for two years
"You'n do.
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The news was received with the ut
most satisfaction by the community that
he had terrorized but the arrest of a dis
ease that is stealing away a loved and val
ued life is an achievement that should in
spire heart felt gratitude. Chimes, cold
extremities depressed spirits, and extreme
ly miserable sensations, with pale. wan
features, are the results OF disordered kid
news and liver Arr, st the cause at once
by taking DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
covery. 1t is purely vegetable detective,
that win ferret out and capture the most
subtle lung or blood disorder. Druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01
Got There in Time.

What time is it, young man?'
asked an old lady, all out of breath. as
she struggled into the station
"One-thirty, ma am"
Thank goodness! I'm in time for
the O'Clock train. she said, as she de-
posted a carpet bag and a couple of
bird cages on the floor; this trayelin'
about an ketchin' railroad trains is up
settin' to the nervous system"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01
why Most of rs Do Not Laugh.

Mose Schaumburg 10 his clerk),
"SIishter Silverstone, | wish you would
schmile a leedle."
Ike Silverstone. IVY so, Mishter
Schaumburg?"
Nose. because you have such a
Discontinued expression of countenance
dot you drives does customers dot
sthore out"
Ike S. 'sOgscuse me, Mishter Scaum-
burg. but If you win only increase my
wages to twelef tollars and half week
viii make gustermers peleeve dot |
have daken laughing gas"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

Wasn't il awful late when you came
in last night?' remarked paterfamilias
as George Henry came down to break
fast looking rather haggard.
why, no father. II wasn'ti0 O'Clock
when got home last night"
You're blame right it wasn't; twas
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01
Chronic Catarrh

Cannot be cured by local applications. 1t is
constitutional disease and requires con-
stitutional remedy like Hoods Sarsaparilla,
which. working through the blood, eradi-
Gates the impuritS which causes and pro-
NOTES the disease, and soon effects perma-
nent cure. At the same time Hoods Sarsa-
pArilla builds up the whole system, and
makes y.u feel renewed in strength and
health. Be sure to get Hoods.
az suffered severely from chronic catarrh,
arising from impure blood. 1t became very
bad, causing soreness of the bronchial tubes
and troublesome cough, which gave great
anxiety % my friends and myself, as two
brothers died from bronchial consumption.
l tried many medicines, but received no
benefit was at last induced to try Hoods
Sarsaparila, and am not the same man in
health or feelings. My cstarrh Is cured, my
throat Is entirely well, and a dyspepsia
trouble, with sick headache, have all disap-
peared" f. NJ LINCOLN, s. Chambers ST.,
Boston.
Hoods SarSapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Pre-
pared only by C. l. HOOD & CO., Apotheea-
ries, Lowell, Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

"He that lacks time to mourn, lacks time
TO mend" The better way is TO take a
pain in time, fight it daily and hourly with
Salvation Oil, and not have anything tn
mourn about. You can buy this splendid
remedy for twenty-five cents q bottle at
any drug store.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

At the window of the Whippersnap-
per club. A wedding turnout goes by.
Muddhedde-Theah goes tie-up.
Wondaw who's the victim? Mush-
brane-Nobody of any account. Mudd-
hedde-How do you know3 Mush-
brane-The CELLS aw anvil too pwetty
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

When fragile woman signs, deploring
The charms that quickly fade away,
What power, the bloom OF health restoring,
Can check the progress of decays
The only aid that's worth attention,
For pains and ills of such description,
Thousand of women Rlaoly mention
IT'S "Pierce's Favorite Prescription"
The price Of this royal remedy. Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, is but one
dollar. Specific for all those chronic all
ments and weaknesses peculiar to women.
The only medicine for such maladies, sold
by druggists, under positive guarantee
from the manufacturers, that IL will give
satisfaction or money refunded. See guar
antee on bottle wrapper. Large bottles 81.
Six for s.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

Mr. I. p White asserts that the
salts formed b, fruit acids and tin arr
harmless. aud that the poisoning by
canned fruits INST be due to solder q
other impurities-arsenic. copper q
lead. --.Arkansas Traveller.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

Intending purchasers of PONDS
EXTRACT cannot take too much pre-
caution to prevent substitution. Some
druggists, trading on the popularity Of
the great Family Remedy, attempt to
palm off other preparations, unscru-
pulously asserting them to be "the
same as" or "equal to" PoND's Ex-
TRACT, indifferent to the deceit prac-
t;ced upon and disappointment there
by caused to the purchaser, SO long
as larger profits accrue to themselves
Always insist on having PONDS Ex-
TRACT. Take no other.
SOLD IN BOTTLES ONLY NEVER
BY MEASURE Quality uniform.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

a darn sight nearer % o, you can't
come any of those lodges over your old
dad; he used to be in the swim himself.
once,n
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

"Cease 10 lament for that thou canst not
help and study helps for that which thou
lamentst;" II it is thy cold take DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01
Is This What Ans YouY

There are over 7,OOO,' 90 pores in the hu-
man body, and yet we are surprised be-
cause some men are sponges.
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Thief Arrested.

Glove fitting sealskin jackets. medium
short, vii! Eo popular this winter with styl
ish young ladies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

An exchange says that racing men do not
care much for reading. Then why are they
book makers.
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A Reliable ALMANAC for 1888

Many a small boy, who yearns for a
second installment Of pie, cries: "Piece,
piece !" but there is no piece.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

The only man that seems to thrive on
procrastination is the one that owes his
tailor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-01

A prickly pear-the hedgehog and the
porcupine.